Trump administration working to deport Ilhan Omar, says Vance

Minnesota congresswoman “definitely committed immigration fraud,” says Vice President Vance, adding that the Trump administration is working to build a legal case to strip her of citizenship.

By World Israel News Staff

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar “definitely committed” immigration fraud, Vice President JD Vance said last week, adding that the Trump administration is looking into the feasibility of stripping Omar of her citizenship and deporting her.

On Friday, Vance appeared on the “Benny Show” podcast, hosted by right-wing pundit Benny Johnson.

During the interview, Vance stated unequivocally that Omar, a member of the far-left “Squad” of Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives, violated US immigration law.

“We actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America,” Vance said.

“I talked to Stephen Miller, actually, about this recently. We are trying to look at what the remedies are. That’s the thing that we are trying to figure out: What are the legal remedies now that we know that she’s committed immigration fraud.

“How do you go after her? How do you investigate her? How do you actually … build the case?”

Vance added that beyond immigration fraud, Omar has “been at the center of a lot of the worst fraudsters in the Somali community,” linking the congresswoman to fraud cases in Minneapolis.

President Donald Trump and other senior administration officials have accused Omar of marrying her brother in order to secure American citizenship, a claim she has repeatedly denied.

In a December 10, 2025, post to her X account, Omar decried Trump’s accusations as “bigoted lies.”

On Friday, Omar’s chief of staff, Connor McNutt, called Vance’s comments a “ridiculous lie” and a “desperate attempt to distract” from the war with Iran and the “increasing gas prices” caused by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.